brain. let's talk about today because the wind is going to be the big issue along with the much colder temperatures. yesterday upper 50s and today the temperatures in the upper 20s. we're 40 right now and upper 30 to around 40 the rest of the day and very windy. wind advisory north and west until 6:00 p.m. there's the precip that came through mainly rain we switched over the a brief period of snow places like olney and into howard county, frederick and carroll as well up to hagerstown but not much at all. 29 martinsburg, a couple of slick spots in places well north and west of town and still in the 40s south and east. and as i said the winds are going to be a problem. the windchills in the teens right now and the shenandoah valley. 3 below in garrett county where they get a foot of snow from this. for about the last half hour or 40 minutes. good morning everybody. on the northbound side of 95, i have good news for you. that ramp to the inner loop of the beltway where that accident

was long-standing has been cleared. let's take a live look right now in our camera on the northbound side where they're moving the camera around because it was cleared and now they're going to the normal shot. in the meantime, expect delays from lorton heading up to springfield with the lanes now open. back to the maps, if you're planning to head south on i-270 from frederick, everything is fine until route 80. it's going to slow down there to route 109 because of a disabled vehicle. it's now been moved to the shoulder, we'll take a live look up in frederick. and as i said up here it's fine. it's when you get to route 80 and you are been that that things are going to show -- urbanna that things are going to slow down. looking good here until you hit i would say new hampshire avenue then it's going to slow to georgia. coming up in my next report, another look around the area at 6:12. back to you guys. thank you. the top of the hour let's get a check on the stories happening today. friday, first lady michelle obama will visit hay field's secondary school in fairfax county and join the cast of the

nickelodeon show "i, carly." mrs. obama will promote an upcoming episode. tonight it's the battle of the badges at the capitol sports complex in district heights, maryland, a basketball tournament pitting local police departments against each other. 6:00 tonight with the secret service versus somebody who's not so local. the nypd. the national zoo is beginning the process to separate its pride of lions, the seven 18-month-old cubs will be removed from their mother and father. if you want to see them now is the time. this might be the beginning of the end of the occupy d.c. protests in mcpherson square. >> mayor gray is asking the park police to clear out the square. he says it's unsanitary. >> delia goncalves is live at the square. she has reactions from both sides this morning. delia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning mike, jessica. you know we're still waiting this morning on word from the national park service as to what they're going to do and how they're going to respond to the major's letser but the mayor made his opinion quite

clear. he wants all of the folks here who have been camping out in mcpherson square for three months now to leave and possibly go over to freedom plaza. he says that encampment is more organized and sanitary. the health department has concerns about hypothermia. fire and carbon monoxide poisoning due to heating sources used inside tents to keep folks warm. and a major rat infestation forted the occupiers to recently dismantle their food tents. >> yes, by us having food in here increases the rats only not a lot. but a little bit. and we trying our best to get rid of the rats. we already got the food situation dealt with. we got nooned in the park. >> we clean it up each and every day. we walk around and pick up trash and dispose of whatever that needs to be disposed. it's up to the garbage people the pick the trash up. not us. >> reporter: the major

difference between freedom and mcpherson square? the tokes here are the mcpherson square are essentially sleeping on mud and a major concern as well is that we the taxpayer just paid about several hundred thousand dollars to get this park recently rehabbed. new sod, planted in this area. likely that whole process is going to have to happen all over again when and if the occupiers move out. back to you. mike, jessica? >> thank you delia. delia goncalves live at the occupy d.c. protests this morning in mcpherson square. well people in d.c.'s au park neighborhood got a chance to find out how police plan to respond after a recent wave of muggings in their neighborhood. investigators suspect however it's a group of street thugs who are responsible for this. d.c. police chief cathy lanier assured residents there will be a stronger police presence in their neighborhoods. but she says the police need their help. >> the good thing about neighborhoods like that is that residents are very civic mined

and they're very aware. and they'll start reporting suspicious activity. they'll give us the tips that we need. >> police have stepped up patrols and now have plain clothes officers in ward 2 as well. we have a commuter alert a heads-up for riders on three separate metro lines this weekend. the blue and the orange lines, there will be no service between l'enfant plaza and eastern market. that begins tonight at 10:00 and goes through monday night. shuttle buses will get you around the closure but add 20 to 30 minutes for your trip. also want to expect delays this weekend on the red line. there will be single tracking in two spots dupont circle to vainnesses and takoma to forest glen. maryland governor martin o'malley is backtracking a bit from his idea to raise the state sales tax. wednesday, just hours before the legislative session began, he noticed the idea to hike the tax from 6% to 7%.

lawmakers in his own party were not happy about. his aides said it was unlikely. o'malley is expected to ask for a hike in the state's gas tax already. here's a report card. the free state gets the top grade in the annual rankings from education week. maryland public schools were the only ones to get a b. plus in student achievement. the magazine called the state an example of all-around strong performers. virginia is one of three states the get a b. average. the district got a c. minus. it is 6:06 and i am watching your money. nobody wants to hear the phrase you're fired, that is unless you're the ceo of a top company and you have a fat golden parachute waiting for you. take for example leo apathaker, when he was dumped by hewlett- packard last september, there is than a year on the -- less

than a year on the job mind you, he still had $12 million in cash as a good-bye and cast nothing. research gmi keeps tabs and among the biggest parachutes handed out since the start of 2000, thomas e freeston, nine months as ceo of viacom, $100 million in a golden handshake. william mcguire was ceo for 15 years, even after giving back the company millions in stocks he still had $286 million. but topping the list, trail blazing ceo jack welsh, 20 successful years at the hand of general electric. his retirement package? get this -- worth $418 million. there is an argument to be made for golden parachutes, those who support them in concept say if well designed they align the bosses' interest with the interests of shareholders. everybody does well then. mike?

thanks jess. well, it's kind of hard the think about summer when the days start getting cold like january it is. but six flags america hopes you will because they are highs 2,000 people -- hiring 2,000 people. the amusement park in maryland needs people this march. the park opens in may and some jobs will run through halloween. six flags needs just about every skill out there they say. >> we have tons of jobs available for pretty much anything you want to do which has to do with a theme park. admissions, aquatics, be a lifeguard. food service. retail. and obviously ride operations and that's going to be a big thing this year with our brand new roller coaster which is coming in later on this summer. >> you can apply online at sixflagsjobs.com. this martin luther king jr. holiday weekend, there are a lot of opportunities to volunteer your time and in five minutes some great things to do in fairfax county. as we speak in fact. so how long before it leaves?

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6:11 on this friday morning: this windy friday morning. the rain, the light snow areas, they're gone, temperatures struggling to get back and maintain 40 degrees today but with the winds it's going to feel like it's in the 20s. more details in the next five minutes, right now over to monika with timesaver traffic. southbound on i-270 starts at route 85 # frederick down to 209. disabled vehicle was the culprit. things are looking fine into

jermantown. more on maryland roadways coming up in my next report, at 6:18. video allegedly showing marinesurinating on the bodies of taliban fighters will not stop effort for peace in afghanistan. the defense secretary leon panetta condemned the video thursday and promised a full investigation. the video released wednesday supposedly shows a marine team based in camp lejeune, north carolina. an army officer recommends court-martial for bradley manning, he's the soldier who gave 700,000 classified documents to the website wikileaks. actress heather locklear is in a california hospital this morning. this is file video of her, she was taken to the e. r. yesterday but no word why at this point. police are not investigating they say. if you stop by the lincoln memorial today. you will see a group of local

students reenacting probably the most famous speech ever delivered there. >> because i have a dream. [ cheering and applause ] that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. i have a dream today. >> students from watkins elementary will recite martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream speech. he delivered the speech back in 1963. now over the last few years the martin luther king jr. holiday has towned into isdy -- turned into isdy of service and vol -- a day of service and volunteering, emily davis is the director of development at volunteer fairfax and thanks so much for coming in. what do you have going on this weekend? >> we have a very exciting event this monday, martin luther king jr. day. we are dinghy together a family vol -- doing give together -- a family volunteer day. young families with young children can come to a central location and work on volunteer

projects together. >> you take a bunch of people and match them up with charities that are in need. what sort of activities are you going to be doing on monday? >> we have a variety of activities which are all very direct service as far as kids can create something. they're making chew toys for animals in a shelter. they're making valentines for seniors and helping make compost. all of the wonderful things they're doing and they're going to directly help people. >> what age groups? how young and how old can they be to volunteer for the actives? >> volunteering is really all ages but give together is aimed at elementary aged kids and we created it because that's an age group with a very hard time finding volunteer opportunities. >> i have a 6-year-old and constantly looking for things for us to get involved with. for people who are interested in volunteer fairfax or for monday, what's the best way to do so? >> check out the website. volunteerfairfax.org, we have information on what's going on

on monday. but also information on every single day. obviously we need volunteers all year-round. >> you're not just doing volunteer activities in fairfax county. the really benefits throughout the community. >> absolutely, absolutely. we believe that you can volunteer anywhere in the d.c. metro region. our nonprofits are all over the area. it's our third give together and the first expansion. from one site to three and going to let 1200 volunteers participate and that is in large part to united stated health care and also -- united health care and also youth services of america. >> what's the website again? >> volunteerfairfax.org. the winds have changed and they are a-blowing. >> it was warm early this morning or late last night if you were up. you know it was warm. 50s yesterday. today it's going to feel like it's if the 20s and that's the problem. the cold and winds are the problem. we could have gusts mike, 50 miles an hour north and west of town. a wind advisory is where we start this morning. wind advisory up in those counties north and west of us, hordes, montgomery, loudoun. not fairfax, plenty windy

nonetheless but northern fauquier counties and everybody, up toward the pennsylvania border, shenandoah valley in the mountains and the problem as you go to the west side of the divide is that we're lookinged snow as well. in place -- at snow as well. in places like garrett county, the snow and winds which are now gusting to 35 miles per hour, near blizzard conditions and that's why we've got schools closed in garrett county and delays in mineral and alleghany county this morning. gusts to near 30 in annapolis and easton and gusting to 20 at the southern maryland. patuxent river naval air station. our bus stop forecast, partly sunny, windy. chilly. temperatures running from the mid 30s even some low 30s now to maybe low 40s. probably have to nudge these temps down a few degrees. skies are becoming clear outside. the precip is gone and we'll see sunshine and 38 at 9:00. around 40 or so for temperatures this afternoon. but it won't feel like it. winds southwest to westerly from 20, maybe 30 miles an hour

with those gusts 40 to 50. possibly even 55 out west. hey we're look at the rain that moved through overnight. there was a brief changeover to snow in places like oh clarksburg, frederick, mount airy, olney and own over to columbia but that is quickly left the region and we are looking at the last of the rain now along and east of the bay. it is just quickly pulling out of here. so don't worry about that unless you're traveling well west. where we've got 14 now in oakland. 30 in winchester and hagerstown. we're 40 and still 45 in southern maryland with windchills which are down in the low 30s in town. 20s not that far north and west and now teens out toward the shenandoah valley. clear skies on the michael & son weather camera. looking good this morning with a temperature of 40. cloudy skies on the hour but we're clearing out. west winds at 13 and the barometer is going to start to go up. as the cold air comes in the snows will persist in the mountains over the next 24 to 48 hours and really pile up in the ski areas. so good news for skiers. just bundle up. 40 today going to feel like

it's in the 20s. tonight it will be in the 20s and some teens. windchills could be in the single digits by tomorrow morning in spots. tomorrow breezy and less wind. still cold 34. chilly on sunday at 34 but by monday mlk day up to 42. mild score turning wet on tuesday, milder and turning wet on tuesday. temperatures in the 50sment monika? a lot of snow traffic. i think slower than normal for a friday morning. good morning everybody. going to start off with 66 on the inbound side. from manassas going to go about 46 miles per hour to route 28. in fact let's take a live look out of manassas. all the lanes are open. no big issue this is morning, just the show traffic in that stretch. back to the maps on the northbound side of i-95, there had been an accident but left a bad delay for you from lorton into springfield. the good news the the lanes are open and the accident is gone but again delays begin in lorton to that point. new hampshire on the outer loop that's where delays begin after

the camera shot as you had for georgia avenue. coming up in my next report, another look around the area at 6:2r5. back to you guys. thanks monika. it is 6:19 now. next in sports a look at this weekend's nfl playoff schedule and this two cap tats are head -- capitals are headed to the nhl all-star game. >> first another check of the question of the morning though -- >> our facebook friend eric thinks -- >> keep those guesses coming. we're going to reveal the answer at 6:53.

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welcome back. 6:22. your weather first and it's a cold windy day. done with the rain and some snow in areas except out west where the mountain snows are going to persist. temperatures excuse me -- aren't going to recover much.

in fact they'll drop avgas tiny bit from now into the -- off just a tiny bit into the mid 30s and recover to 40 or so this afternoon. decent amount of sunshine but at times the winds are going to gust to 40-mile an hour range. or 50-mile an hour range. that's why windchills will stay in the 20s. thanks hordes, just a veterans' day a-- howard, just a day away from the next rounds novel playoffs and i'm -- of the nfl playoffs, and i'm excited. >> we are checking out the schedule for you, you know what's going on. now tomorrow afternoon the saints going to take on the 49ers. then at 8:00, the broncos visit the patriots. you're going toasty that game right here -- to see that game right here on channel 9. the early game sundays here on channel 9. that's houston and baltimore at 1:00. then sunday afternoon the giants visit the packers. two capitals headed to the all-star game. alex ovechkin and dennis wideman. it is ovi's fifth selection, wideman's first. this year's game is january 29th in ottawa. well, there were two streaks heading into last

night's game between virginia and duke. uva had won 12 in a row --. duke had won 43 home games in a row. the 17th ranked cavs looked pretty good early. mike scott 23 points for virginia. uva led by four at the half. duke rallied back. had a three point lead with time running out, mike scott, evans both missed three pointers that would have tied the game. uva loses to duke 61-58. george mason taking on drexel up in philly last night. mason falling 60-53. mike morrison led mason with 10 points in the loss. the time flight is 6:24. today marks 30 years since the air florida disaster in the potomac. learn how that tragedy has made flying safer today. they are closing half a dozen grocery stores in northern virginia. in 10 minutes which ones are shutting the doors. monika?

>> nothing unusual to report here. northbound 395 at duke street a bit heavy to seminary road. northbound 95 at newington to springfield. more on area roadways coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

welcome back. we are back at 6:27 with your weather first and today that

means some school closings and delays, it's been warm but changes are coming -- happy friday, thanks for starting your day with us. i'm mike hydeck, andrea will be back next week. >> i'm sitting in for her, i'm jessica doyle. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace with the forecast how is it out there howie? >> temperatures are dropping and you're really going to feel the difference from yesterday when it was delightful with temps well up in the 50s and even touched 60 in one or two spots. today windchill will feel like it's in the 20s or worse in some spots. the rain is east of us and pulling away quickly. partly cloudy skies now and 39. it will winds are going to be a real problem with the wind

advisory until 6:00 p.m. you can see the rain that pushed through. it did briefly change over to snow in hagerstown and upper montgomery and howard county and up to baltimore and carroll counties as well but now well east of bus the snows continuing in the -- us with the snows continuing in the mountains, where it's 14 in  oakland. you get near whiteout conditions at times. still 39 for us and mid 40s in southern maryland but the winds not friendly making it feel like 33 in town but quickly into the 20s and even teens north and west. bundle up it's going to be a cold day and a cold weekend. i'll have it will full seven day forecast come up in about 13 minutes. we go inside now to my buddy monika samtani with timesaver traffic. you have a lot of delays all around town to deal with you. good morning everybody. this is the beltway. that's been doing fine. now if you're going on the inbound side of 66 or the dulles toll road. normal slow traffic. no problems to report across the american legion bridge. first of all here's the beltway north of town. on the outer loop you'll hit

the brakes from new hampshire avenue and pretty much continuous to georgia avenue. back to the maps this time in virginia, inside the beltway 66, 95 and 295 are doing fine but let's take a look at the northbound side of 95 where you have the slow traffic basically beginning at the occoquan river. it's going to be off and on to newington and then solid to springfield early morning accidents set the tone for a tough rush hour this morning on 95. coming up in my next report, another look around the area at 6:45. mike and jessica? 6:3 now. one of the coolst things about the new "cbs this morning" show the eye opener. it's the quick wrap of news in the first two minutes. >> with a look at what's happening past the first two minutes, live to erica hill in new york. good morning erica. >> reporter: hey jessica, mike good morning to you. we're getting a great response. i have to say we all love it on the staff and we're happy everybody at home and our colleagues are loving ill as well. another great one coming your way this morning. after thaws mentioned much more.

-- that as you mentioned much more. lara logan is going to be with us on "cbs this morning." she'll take about the -- talk about the marine video scandal and the state of negotiations with the taliban. plus, you will hear from tim tebow this morning ahead of the big game. james brown is going to be at the table with us and a few more things. one you really don't need to be worried about even if it is friday the 13th. i'll leave it at that. >> that's kind of a teaser. thanks erica. good to see you have a great weekend. >> just a little. 6:32. some campaign 2012 stories now this morning. coming out of virginia, a big hearing today in richmond over republicans who want to get on the presidential ballot. the lawsuit is led by texas governor rick perry. newt gingrich and huntsman and perry have all signed as web. you need -- well. you need 10,000 sixties to get on the -- signatures to get an the ballot with at least 400 from each jurisdiction. only mitt romney and ron paul are currently qualified for the

march primary. prince william county republican mar sam will launch a charge against former senator and governor george allen. there are three other candidates, the primary is coming up in june. fire trucks and police vehicles will line the route today from woodsboro, maryland to arlington national cemetery. that is where army specialist ronald wildrick will be buried today. the 24-year-old was from woods boar rein frederick county. -- woods woodsboro in frederick county. he leaves behind two daughters. >> how wonderful of a person he was and he's definitely going to be a very missed part of their life. >> i hope not just his family but the entire county understands the costs that have been paid by the military families and that we are motivated by that to live lives and to build a country that's worthy of their sacrifices. >> wildrick's military career also included two years serving

in the old guard. that's the ceremonial unit responsible for burying the dead in arlington. mayor gray has a message for occupy protestors in mcpherson square -- get out. delia goncalves is live at the protests so why does the mayor want the square cleared delia? >> reporter: the mayor is citing some health concerns from the health director who recently visited the site here at mcpherson square and cited lots of rats in the area and other safety and health concerns. it has been on the mondays of a lot of these occupiers here. whether or not the city wants them to move and here to talk to me more about the is bear -- about the is bear. he was just -- about that is bear. he was just briefed. the general assembly place -- >> that's basically our government where the people decide how we're going to do it. and we were just told that we will not be moving. we have to hold the square. part of that is just keeping one or two people or whatnot

over the winter. our whole goal is to hold the square. hold what we occupy. >> reporter: and we know that the mayor has offered i guess as an alternative folks to go over to join the other folks at freedom plaza. what do you think about that? you said that would change the movement in some ways. >> that would change the movement because that's a no-go for us because we have to hold mcpherson square. >> reporter: what's the value -- the importance, the significance of being here at mcpherson square. >> basically the fact that we're occupying is a significance. people see us, people see us and people know we're here. and if we lose the visibility here, we allow them to move us, people are going to say this movement cannot last. >> reporter: you know the missouri has lasted for three months -- movement has lasted for three months here. threemans at the park heartless -- three months at the park at least. you know that a lot of your neighbors aren't happy with your presence here. the help department has come in and dismantled the food tent. i mean how do you clean up your

image when every headline in the news is about the bad image that's been happening here? >> well, we do the best that we can. we speak to people daily. we like them to see that we are people just like they are. that we have the same problems they do day the day. and the -- day-to-day. and the government is adding on to us to make it harder for us and we still struggle to get our message out to the people like -- i am speaking with you. >> reporter: so bear, you'll be here for the long run. >> i sure as heck hope so. because in fact you know, i've got nothing to lose and a whole nation the gain. >> reporter: bear, thank you so much for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. bear just came sever and give us -- oh and gave us a quick briefing as to what happened here. for the long haul they will be here regardless of what the mayor and even congressman wants which is to have the protestors move on. back to you. >> going to be a fight. sounds like delia, thanks a lot.

delia goncalves live at the occupy d.c. protests in mcpherson square this morning. it's easy to forget sometimes that there are two protests encampments in the district. delia is at the one in mcpherson square and then the stop the machine protests started in october there at freedom plaza. the website says the goals are to draw attention to the economic, social and environmental justice issues. the time right now is 6:37 and i am watching your money. the parent company of the blueman bottom dollar food grocery stores is closing 126 stations nationwide. six six bloom stores in virginia -- one more in walkersville, maryland as well as the bottom dollar food in alexandria. outlet stores are coming to national harbor. the prince george's county planning board signed off on the idea last night. some people living nearby were opposed to the tangier outlets

site saying it will ruin the historic views of oxon hill manor. they could be open next year. save some money this weekend with a visit to the national park. all 397 of them will be free saturday, sunday and mondays. that includes fred ricksburg and shenandoah. today marks a somber anniversary in our region. it was 30 years ago today air florida flight 90 crashed shortly after takeoff from national airport. 74 people on the plane were killed. the 737 went down during a snowstorm. and slammed into the northbound side of the 14th street bridge. four drivers on the bridge were kill. the plane then -- killed. the plane then went into the potomac. five people were plucked from the icy water, it was seen live on television. the ntsb ruled the pilots should have aborted takeoff because of the snow and ice on the wings of the plane. the people who lost their lives that day did not die in vain.

the crash revolutionized the way planes are now de-iced. now planes get one last de- icing just before takeoff. it may cost you extra time in the wintertime but it could save your life. there's a permanent honor to a hero from the day. its official name? the arlen d. williams jr. memorial bridge. he's the man who kept passing the lifeline to other passengers when it was dropped from a helicopter into the river. he helped save their lives. but when the chopper came back for him, he was gone. the bridge was renamed in his honor in 1983. now that same day of the crash, metro's first deadly incident on the train system. the train derailed near the federal triangle station killing three people. you know channel 9 here. >> there are people still working at the station who were covering the tragedies of those days -- that day.

they remember exactly what happened between the two disasters and of course that creepy snowstorm was going on. they say it was just a wild unbelievable day. >> it was indeed. okay, 6:40 now. coming up in about nine minutes, a little r&b to get the morning going. feel a little bit lightener a bit. >> we have a -- lighter in a bit. >> we have a new singer in the studio. she has a new album out called "motions of love." and howard says it's time to get the novembers and hats out. he -- gloves and hats out. he says the cold is moving in. forecast next on 9news now.

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welcome back, 6:4 # 4. your weather first on this friday morning. the snow rain and snow has ended but we have a lot of wind in its wake and all the counties in orange, wind advisory does not include the district fairfax or prince george's county. but that wind advisory until 6:00 p.m. gusts 50 to maybe 55 in some of the areas out west. going to be a lot of winds today at least through 6:00 p.m. tonight still going to be wind just won't be as windy.

gusts already to 43 in the martinsburg area. 35 with the snow flying in oakland. at times could be near whiteout conditions. gusting to 29 in annapolis at the moment and we've relaxed a little bit with the winds gusts to 20. our bus stop forecast, partly sunny, windy and cold. temperatures in the 40s and 30s still in far southern maryland. sunrise 7:26 and it is a cold morning. not just the temperatures, which are in the upper 20s now in winchester, luray and cumberland and there's the 45 at pax river. but the windchills -- have driven -- the temperatures or the apparent temperatures down into the teens in the shenandoah valley. 30 in lovetts i'll right now to arlington. springfield 36 and down to 34 in laurel and 38 at andrews and baden. look at the sky here on the michael & son weather camera. gorgeous picture there just an isolated cloud or two left as the u.s. capitol dome lit up on the predawn sky. 39 with partly cloudy conditions and a west winds at

9 miles per hour. dew point is droppings quickly now into the 20s as goldier air is moving in. you can see the snows that are going to persist in the mountains today. tonight and into tomorrow. some very heavy snows in the ski areas and they'll be making snow. great news for skiers around here. just the cold with us all weekend long. other than a stray flurry, that's it. i've taken that snow flurry chance even out on sunday. today, 40. windy. going to feel like it's@in the 20s. tonight we will be in the 20s with windchills in single digits in spots. tomorrow, 34 and breezy and less winds. sunday sunny and cold and next week milder on martin luther king jr. day. 42 and tuesday, that really getting mild but rainy. 54 before dropping again into the 30s. now to monika samtani here at 6:46. 6:46 and a lot of slow traffic but luckily on this early friday morning no big deals to report i'm happy to say. the north side of town on the outer loop of the beltway with the normal slow stuff. you can see the yellow forming there. in fact let's take a live look at colesville ode on the outer

loop of the beltway. the brake lights begin at new hampshire avenue as you continue on to georgia avenue and the pace improves to 270. there now on a map. overall delays out of frederick off and on to urbanna and more around shady grove road down to the point where the lanes guide. downtown area a pretty shot. no problems to report in the northwest corridor as you head for the capitol on pennsylvania avenue and constitution avenue as well. coming coming up in my next report, another look at the areas at 6:57. mike? all right. thank you monoquay k. just right on a friday morning. that's why we have this beautiful woman with us this morning. her name is mesa and she's got a new cd out, what's it called? >> "motions of love." >> and she has a already special guest on this cd. who is it? >> stevie wonder. >> how cool is that? >> i first started my career in 1991 singing background for him on the jungle fever project. >> what would you call your

music? >> i call it jazz funk. it's a mixture, yeah. >> we have a preview of this song, she did a mike check for us and it's gorgeous. so when people hear this and they want it. where can they find it? >> on everything, amazon, itunes, i think it's in best buy, it's all around. >> now mesa if you don't know this if you haven't researched her, she went to morgan state and you're performing soon right? >> at the birch mere on january 26th. >> will want to give it a listen when you hear this. maysa, take it away. >> thank you sweetheart. ♪ ♪hey, hey ♪ hey, hey, hey, hey ♪ ♪ after our last conversation, it was clear you're the one for

me ♪ ♪ i'm feeling all this things that you said, boy, you're full of positivity ♪ ♪ i never thought i would ever find a perfect love like you ♪ ♪ but something inside, makes me want to take the chance with you ♪ ♪ you know -- you know you, you make me feel baby, something i've never felt before ♪ ♪ day and night, anytime that you want it baby, i'm a-keep it real for you baby, i'm caught up in your love ♪ ♪ you make me feel something i always knew i was missing ♪ ♪ anytime that you want it

babe, i'm a-keep it real for you babe ♪ ♪ you touched the part of me normal one's ever touch -- no one's ever reached before ♪ ♪ making me feel so secure, all my worries just went out the door ♪ ♪ i hope and pray this love will last forever, there's no lie, i'm addicted to you ♪ ♪ and it shows whenever you call my name, i come running straight to you ♪

today is friday, january 13th. and here's a check of the news before you go. police are looking for a motive in three shootings that happened during a period of time yesterday morning. a teen and two adults were seriously hurt. two young suspects are in custody. the man arrested after police found his 13-month-old

baby alone at mcpherson square the occupy texas encampment has been ordered to stay away from his child. samuel mack of forestville maryland is now charged with child neglect. uva had a chance to take duke to overtime but the cavs missed two three point attempts in the final southbounds, uva loses 61-58 and snapped virginia's 12 game-winning streak. it is time now to answer the question of the morning, it was -- >> this one surprises me, the answer is a., real estate agent. >> i could have totally picked administrative assistant. that's what i thought. but as we said -- >> it depends i suppose on the ounce before or after the marriage. i would think an interior designer but i was wrong. one more check of traffic and weather and a little more maysa when we come back.

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we're looking at the 40 degrees today, windy with windchills in the 20s, done with the precip except in the mountain where is the snow is going to fly all day. tomorrow, sunday, less wednesday by sunday and -- wind by sunday and 42 on monday. there's a pedestrian struck though first on m street northeast and a cruiser telling us to tell you to use m or patterson instead. the outer loop is slowing down 95 to georgia and back over to virginia. northbound 395 just a bit heavy across the 14th street bridge. >> we couldn't get enough of maysa and she struck around with us and -- stuck around with us and sing a little bit more before we head off. have a great weekend, stay safe

and maysa, take it away. ♪ ♪we've been friends so long, i've learned to count on your love ♪ ♪ and now when i look into your eyes, i get so shy ♪ ♪ something i want to share, can't wait to tell you how i feel ♪ ♪ but i'm afraid because i don't want to lose what we have, but i'm in love with you ♪ ♪ ♪ special place ♪ i've been looking for you such a long time, i've been waiting for you to be all mine ♪ ♪ i've been looking for